U.S. Army soldier threatened to ‘walk into a synagogue with my AK' and ‘kill every single Jew,' DOJ says

Jakob Marcoulier, stationed at Fort Polk, Louisiana, was charged with transmitting a threat in interstate commerce after he told people on Discord about his plans, the Justice Department said.

A soldier stationed at Fort Polk army base in Louisiana was arrested on Thursday after threatening to walk into a synagogue and "kill every single Jew," according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Louisiana.

Jakob Marcoulier, 22, was charged with transmitting a threat in interstate commerce after telling people on Discord about his plans.

The FBI’s National Threat Operations Center received a tip in February about threats being made toward synagogues by a Discord user named "el.bostino," according to court documents.

In audio recordings secured by the FBI, an individual later determined to be Marcoulier could be heard saying that after his deployment, "if the Jews still have reign over our government, I am going to walk into a synagogue with my AK" and magazines, and "kill every single Jew I know inside of that synagogue."

Marcoulier also told others in the Discord chat that they would see him in the news, adding that he needed to kill Jewish people "in order to make sure the white youth is ... secured.”

U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana Zachary A. Keller said threats against synagogues and Jewish Americans "are threats to the religious freedom promised to every single one of us."

"This case demonstrates the FBI’s vigilance and swift action in identifying and taking action against those who perpetrate these threats, and our Office looks forward to seeing justice done in this case," Keller said.

Marcoulier remains in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending further proceedings, according to online court records. There is a detention hearing set for Wednesday afternoon.

The 22-year-old could be sentenced to up to five years in federal prison, according to the attorney's office. An attorney for Marcoulier did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.